The Agenda Aaj Tak session with Bollywood actor Aamir Khan was an hour of intelligent entertainment. Fielding a range of questions from the audience (including Tehreek-e-Insaaf Pakistan leader Imran Khan), the superstar held forth on his diet, his film and the role of the media today.

"An activist is the one who spends his entire life working for a cause. I am an entertainer first. I am aware that when the audience buy tickets
to watch film, they want to be entertained and not take sociology
lessons. The duty a creative person is to bring grace to the society,
elevate values and contribute to the social fibre," he said.

The recent Khap murder of couple who featured on his television show
will not deter the actor from doing a second season of Satyamev Jayate.

"The Khap incident has saddened me. It shouldn't have happened. But I have
not lost hope. This show has confirmed that people do want to change the world they are living in. But that change will not take place
overnight," said an optimistic Aamir.

When asked how he managed to look so good at his age, Aamir said, "I've learned only of late that you are what you eat. If you keep a strict check on your calorie count, eliminate fried food and sugar from your diet, you will be amazed at how your body will change. That's the secret. Unfortunately no one believes me. They want the name of some cream!"

When asked which films were his favourite, he said: "I really value my flop films because they taught me what works and what doesn't, which guided my future choice of films."

Speaking about the future, Aamir said: "My big dream is to make the Mahabharata but I'm afraid to start the project as I know it will consume at least 20 years of my life. My favourite character is Karna but I dont know if I will be able to play him due to my physique, I may just have to play Krishna."

Asked if he has consciously tried to change his image from a loverboy to a thinking actor, he denied having ever being associated with an image.

"Those who are observing me from outside think of my image. As an actor, I only take up characters that inspire me." In fact, Aamir doesn't even believe that he can be trapped in any image.

"Unlike Dev Anand, Shammi ( Kapoor) uncle or Amitabh ( Bachchan) sa'ab, who have a certain image and have given great films, I have never had any image. I take up a character, work on it with sincerity, get completely involved and then get too bored to repeat it," he explained.